agony aunt — agony aunts N COUNT An agony aunt is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems. [BRIT] Syn: advice columnist (in AM, use advice columnist) … English dictionary

agony aunt — n. [Brit. Informal] a person, esp. a woman, who replies to the letters of readers in a newspaper or magazine column (agony column) giving advice, consolation, etc … English World dictionary

agony aunt — agony ,aunt noun count BRITISH a woman who writes an ADVICE COLUMN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

agony aunt — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms agony aunt : singular agony aunt plural agony aunts British a woman whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people s letters. The American word is advice… … English dictionary

agony aunt — noun a) A writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical. You should write in to the agony aunt; shell sort it out for you. b) Someone who people commonly go to for advice about personal problems, often annoyingly so. Im sick of… … Wiktionary

agony aunt — An agony aunt is a newspaper columnist who gives advice to people having problems, especially personal ones. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions